Of the 21 nations participating in all phases of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), American high school seniors did better than only two countries: South Africa and Cyprus.
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Ports of call for the Scholar Ships' first voyage will include Greece, Morocco, Argentina, South Africa, Australia, Singapore, India and Cyprus.
Cyprus was split into an internationally recognized Greek speaking south and a breakaway Turkish speaking north in 1974 when Turkey invaded after a coup by supporters of union with Greece.
The impasse over Cyprus, and the brutality of the war in Turkey's south-east (hundreds of villages razed, great numbers of people made homeless), combine to provide a formidable argument to Europeans who say that Turkey should not be allowed to join the European Union.
Cannavaro, who was suspended for Italy's 2-2 draw in Ireland on Saturday, which guaranteed their place at the World Cup finals in South Africa next year, is preparing to play in Wednesday's home game with Cyprus.
About 180, 000 Greek-Cypriots fled south when Turkish soldiers landed on the beaches outside Kyrenia in 1974 to prevent a union of Cyprus with Greece following a coup plotted in Athens.
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This is the very first time that national history museums from South-East Europe and beyond - Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - come together to put in perspective and compare their collections and their national histories.
Under the agreed evacuation plan most of the PLO fighters will go to Cyprus and then be dispersed to Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Sudan, North and South Yemen, Tunisia and Greece.
Eleven countries from south-east Europe were represented at the Forum: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Montenegro, Slovenia, Serbia, and observers from Spain, United Arab Emirates and Switzerland.
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